PLANTS CAN IMPROVE OUR ENERGY LEVELS – AND OUR HEALTH

A Norwegian study split 60 office workers into two groups, each spending one year with plants in their office cubicle and one year without.

The results were extraordinary. In the year with plants, fatigue was reduced by 30 percent, the incidence of coughs decreased by 37 percent, dry throats by 25 percent, and neuropsychological symptoms (headaches and concentration problems) were reduced by 23 percent. Researchers put these results down to two factors – improved air quality and improved mental health due to being in a more pleasant environment. Which brings us to another great benefit: